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Chapter 5, Lesson 3
Use with pages 136–138.
My Lesson Guide
Directions: Use the information below to complete the graphic organizer.
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1920
Thirteenth
Lucretia Mott
the right to vote
1865
William Lloyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
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Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
to end slavery
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
ended slavery
Nineteenth
gave women the right to vote
Abolitionists
Women’s Rights
What They Wanted
Important Leaders
Amendment and
What It Did
Year of Amendment
Talk About It
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Work in a small group. Act out a debate in the 1800s about whether women
should be allowed to vote. What would people say in this debate if they are for
allowing women to vote? What reasons might they give to back up their
opinion? What might people say if they are against letting women vote?
Notes for Home: Your child learned about the abolitionist movement and the women’s rights movement.
Home Activity: Ask your child to tell you about the events that led to the Thirteenth Amendment and the
end of slavery in the United States.
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Unit 2, Chapter 5, Lesson 3
Every Student Learns
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Date
Lesson 3 Summary
Use with pages 136–138.
Lesson 3: Taking a Stand
Vocabulary
abolitionist a person who felt that slavery should be erased, or abolished, from the land
slave a person who is owned as property by another person
convention a meeting held for a special purpose
Votes for Women
During the 1800s, many reforms, or changes,
took place in American society. Abolitionists
were reformers who felt that slavery should
be erased, or abolished, from the land. The
abolitionist movement began in the Northeast
during the 1800s. Since the early days of the
colonies, Africans had been captured and
brought to the Americas as slaves. A slave is
a person who is owned as property by another
person. Slaves often had no rights. They had to
do whatever their masters wished. Abolitionists
organized groups and published newspapers
against slavery. They held meetings. At some
of these meetings, Frederick Douglass and
Sojourner Truth spoke about their lives as
slaves. They worked for the freedom of all
people, including slaves and women. In 1865,
after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment
was added to the Constitution. The amendment
ended slavery in the United States.
Before the 1900s American women did not
have the same rights as men. Women did not
have the right to vote. In the 1800s reformers
began to fight for women’s rights. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott wanted
women to be able to vote. They set up the
first women’s rights convention, or meeting,
in the United States. The convention was
held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
Susan B. Anthony was one of the leaders of
the women’s rights movement. In 1920 the
Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
gave women the right to vote.
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The Abolitionists
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Unit 2, Chapter 5, Lesson 3 Summary
Quick Study
Name
Date
Lesson 3 Review
Use with pages 136–138.
Lesson 3: Review
1. Compare and Contrast List the similarities and differences between the abolitionist
movement and the women’s rights movement.
Similarities
Differences
Both were reform movements.
2. Why were the antislavery reformers called “abolitionists”?
3. Name two important women’s rights reformers and state one fact about each.
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4. Why did women fight for the right to vote?
5. Critical Thinking: Make Inferences Why might Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth
work for both the abolitionist movement and the women’s rights movement?
Quick Study
Unit 2, Chapter 5, Lesson 3 Review
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